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Self-Released, 2011 My first experience with Liz Harris (a solo artist from Portland who goes by Grouper) was two years ago when I saw her open for a sold-out Animal Collective show at First Avenue’s Main Room. A fitting pairing on paper, but an odd one to experience in person, with droves of Merriweather Post Pavilion [...]

IFC Films; Directed by: Abbas Kiarostami I fucking love Abbas Kiarostami. In the era of remakes, endless sequels, comic book adaptations, Michael Bay and James Cameron, he is a breath of fresh air to those viewers craving a more emotionally and intellectually stimulating experience at the movie theater. Kiarostami tells the story of an art critic, James (played by William [...]

By David Lurvey
…While my confusion regarding M.I.A. before the show was overpowered by my desire to get my proverbial “groove on,” I was totally taken aback by the lack of energy from the majority of the crowd. Only once M.I.A. started pulling people on stage did people seem to perk up and start getting excited (or maybe it was the Patron she was passing out?)…

By David Lurvey Led artistically by filmmaker Vincent Moon, La Blogotheque has been one of my absolute favorite blogs for the past few years.  This website is devoted to recording some of the best musicians around today in a way that was new and honest, that is, recording them playing live in unorthodox locations ranging [...]

Sometimes the hitting of notes, consistent pitch and overall trained aesthetic of traditionally “good” singers is wholly overrated. Here is a short list of singers who aren’t afraid to yell, talk, scream and/or growl their way through songs and absolutely kick ass in the process. I don’t consider them bad in the sense that I [...]